Downloads symbol stretched in sidebar icon vs. folder icon
yaru-theme-* 18.10.4, Ubuntu Cosmic
In the Files sidebar, the Downloads icon is an arrow pointing at a line. The combined visible symbol is 12px ✕ 15px, giving an aspect ratio of 0.8.
In the Downloads folder icon itself, a similar arrow pointing at a line appears, but it looks squashed or stretched in comparison: it’s 22px ✕ 38px, giving an aspect ratio of about 0.58. This is very different.

This may be partly because the folder icons as a whole have been stretched (#96). But even if that can’t be fixed for some reason, the downloads symbol inside the folder icon could still be made the same aspect ratio as the sidebar version.
I'd likely make the symbolic version thinner to better resemble the one on the folders.